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China overpoliticizing my trips: Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama said Saturday on a visit to Tokyo that China was overpoliticizing his travels and claimed his decisions on where to go were spiritual in nature, not political. Tibet's spiritual leader said he believed the Chinese government saw him as a... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sat, Oct 31 2009

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